COPPERAS COVE — Several Copperas Cove residents have claimed their water supply was suddenly cut off, or they received unusually high utility bills, and they complained about struggling to communicate with representatives hundreds of miles away. Read more
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The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas was $2.58 in the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area on Saturday, which is the same as this day last week and 12 cents more than the price per gallon at this same time last year, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. Read more
Three Copperas Cove Independent School District students and Pride of Cove Band members were injured Friday morning in an accident that occurred just west of Cove, according to a statement from Sgt. David Roberts with the Texas Department of Public Safety received Saturday morning. Read more
Around 8 a.m. Saturday, Metroplex Hospital experienced a power outage caused by a lightning strike, according to a press release. Read more
About 540 people gathered in the ballroom of the Killeen Civic and Conference Center on Thursday for the 85th annual Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce banquet. Read more
Killeen residents could see more rain this weekend as thunderstorms linger throughout the area and threaten area events over the next two days. Read more
A 27-year-old woman was charged with drug possession Friday after a welfare call at a Killeen convenience store Wednesday. Read more
Many football players describe a team bond as a brotherhood, and Shoemaker’s players agree. Read more
Lee Huggins knew he was in trouble when a repair on the sewer service line connecting his Killeen rental property to the sewer main under the city street failed. Read more
COPPERAS COVE — The Copperas Cove Independent School District will have more taxpayer dollars going toward operations after voters approved a measure to move those dollars on Saturday. Read more
Houston-based public accounting firm McConnell & Jones publicly presented the conclusions of its management audit Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, and with it, a 173-page report detailing problems and recommendations within city finances.
Better pay for Killeen’s employees. That was the intent was behind salary hikes in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, based on a consultant’s study that showed public safety employees, such as police and firefighters, were paid below market, and that 70 percent of overall city employees weren’t ade… Read more
Parents of children in special education are still able to register for free advice from field experts gathered at Texas A&M University–Central Texas. Read more
BELTON — Bell County’s aquifers are in dire straits. Read more
MOSCOW (AP) — Partial results in a regional election in Russia's Far East show an opposition candidate has beaten the incumbent governor by a wide margin. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trump's trade disputes with China. Read more
Great Escape of Central Texas won the 2018 Small Business of the Year Award on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, during the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce 85th annual Membership Banquet at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center.
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